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Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: gabumon on May 05, 2021, 07:02:02 AM
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just wondering if perhaps a hair dryer or curling iron could be used to smooth out bite marks.
maybe not because the plastic is “set” already in its shape?
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I'm not sure this would work. I'd rather use clay to fill the bite marks in.
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I’d say it’s far too risky. If it’s hot enough to melt vinyl, that’s how you get burnt, melted ponies.
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I've wondered about this too but I've never tried it. I think it would depend on how severe the bite is. If it's a deep gouge then I don't think it would work, but if there's just a little indentation, maybe? I would try boiling the pony first (unless it's one you can't) and play around with the area a bit, see if there's enough give in the plastic to make a difference.
edit: I have a tub of baits and a heat gun. I'll look and see if I have any ponies with bites or dents or something and test this out.
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This is a brave question. I'd say it's unlikely to improve the appearance overall but I'm thinking of G1 plastic - maybe G3 or G4 might work better? I agree with the clay option. Polyfilla 'Flexible Gap' is marvellous stuff although I haven't tried it on ponies I would love to. I have tried a specialist super-glue called Plastizap for soft plastics and found no side-effects*so far*. I used it to repair a split in a G1. It does have a little body so I'd try that and then sand down with a nail file when fully set.
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None of any gen's plastic feels like it would work out as wanted, unfortunately. If you don't burn it, it would probably smudge or something. And a heatgun would work as well as sticking the pony in an oven, which is not recommended.
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Umm... this sounds like it would make more problems then it fixes.
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Gentle indentations will come back up if placed in a low temp oven 275-300º... for about 10 mins. At your own risk though.
I've baked G1's for customs and have had indentations reverse, especially on softer bodied ponies. Baking helped on a Honeycomb that I was restoring. Hot water also worked on other softer bodied ponies when I was cleaning. Hard plastic, you most likely will just just melt it. Acetone just makes the plastic look indented and doesn't work.
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Gentle indentations will come back up if placed in a low temp oven 275-300º... for about 10 mins. At your own risk though.
I've baked G1's for customs and have had indentations reverse, especially on softer bodied ponies. Baking helped on a Honeycomb that I was restoring. Hot water also worked on other softer bodied ponies when I was cleaning. Hard plastic, you most likely will just just melt it. Acetone just makes the plastic look indented and doesn't work.
Cool, but I assume the oven method only works without the hair? I don't actually know the MP of Nylon but it would be worth knowing!
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Nylon can be baked without issue up to a certain temp, but I don't know it offhand. Usually when you bake a pony you do so at a very low temp, 275 or so. They do fine (gens 1-3, I've never baked a g4 so I don't know).
Sorry for the delay of my experiment, haven't been feeling well. But I still want to test it.
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i would grab a really bad condition fakie and try it. i think i would do it outside if possible cause the fumes from that are not going to be good for you.
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I'm sorry, I don't have anything useful to contribute, I just want to say that the title of this thread makes me smile every time I see it :silly:
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Nylon can be baked without issue up to a certain temp, but I don't know it offhand. Usually when you bake a pony you do so at a very low temp, 275 or so. They do fine (gens 1-3, I've never baked a g4 so I don't know).
Sorry for the delay of my experiment, haven't been feeling well. But I still want to test it.
I've baked G4's, all depends on the type of plastic... Some face melt at the low temps. mwah ha ha ha
Post Merge: May 07, 2021, 08:58:08 AM
Gentle indentations will come back up if placed in a low temp oven 275-300º... for about 10 mins. At your own risk though.
I've baked G1's for customs and have had indentations reverse, especially on softer bodied ponies. Baking helped on a Honeycomb that I was restoring. Hot water also worked on other softer bodied ponies when I was cleaning. Hard plastic, you most likely will just just melt it. Acetone just makes the plastic look indented and doesn't work.
Cool, but I assume the oven method only works without the hair? I don't actually know the MP of Nylon but it would be worth knowing!
I've baked with hair still in. Even baked eyelash princesses with tinsel with no issues. All about keeping the temp low.
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i would grab a really bad condition fakie and try it. i think i would do it outside if possible cause the fumes from that are not going to be good for you.
I think this is one case where a fakie wouldn't be useful. You can't guarantee they are made from the same materials as an actual MLP.
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i think i meant baity pony not fakie.. you can use a horrible g1